Issue No. 1976
18 - 24 May 2023
EPIC WALK
AENA (the airport man agement group which in cludes Almeria) closed the first quarter of 2023 with 77,466,138 passen gers, 32.7 per cent more than in the same period last year and 1.9 per cent more than in the first four months of 2019. Nearly 24 million pas sengers were reached in April, exceeding prepan demic data for the fourth consecutive month. This also represents an increase of 16.4 per cent
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MOJACAR Freemasons Graham, John and David set off on Monday, May 8, to walk the 1,400km Camino de Mozarabe from Almeria Cathe dral to Santiago de Compostela to raise €10,000 to support the charity Age in Spain. Age in Spain volunteers provide timely, caring support to over 2,500 vulnerable people and their carers every year and many thousands more through their free online in formation service at www.agein spain.org. Keen Camino walker Graham Ad kins explained: “Getting older, wherever we live, brings change and challenge! Keeping active and contributing to our communities helps us to give back and ensure maximum independence in later life. But sometimes, everyone
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Walkers: Graham, John and David.
needs a helping hand, this is where we and Age in Spain step in!” Chief Executive of Age in Spain, Helen Weir, said “We are over whelmed by the Freemasons’ gen erosity and the chance that these vital funds will give us to make a
difference for older people in Alme ria, Andalucia and beyond. We urge everyone to follow this journey and add their own donation to the Age in Spain Camino fundraising page at https://www.gofundme.com/f/age inspain.
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compared to April 2022. Of the total travellers recorded in April, 23,756,597 were com mercial passengers. Of these, 15,996,343 passengers travelled on international flights, down 0.1 per cent from April 2019 and up 16.9 per cent from 2022. Meanwhile, 7,760,254
Beach fun
IN a bid to give the area around Andarax Delta a facelift, Almeria City Council has confirmed that the recreational area next to the beach will be ready in time for the summer season. Five hectares of a historically degraded space have been stripped. The new area which will be surround ed by palm trees will offer openair physical exercise elements such as bike lanes, beach volleyball courts and a callisthenics area, to name a few.
passengers travelled on domestic flights, 8.8 per cent more than before the pandemic and 15.4 per cent more than last year. Between January and April, 695,549 aircraft movements were record ed (1.5 per cent higher
than in 2019) and 336,909 tonnes of cargo were transported, which represents 0.1 per cent more compared to the same period in 2019.
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